Andrew,
Are you currently happy with the output when printing SVG and setting
the width and height in units such as cm, mm? If you want consistent
printable output you should certainly use cm/mm for width/height not
percentage units.
Is your problem that when you view these SVG's in a browser/viewer they
do not fill the screen well, for instance, if you specify A3 paper size
you will not see much of the image? Is the behaviour you want to see
when viewing the SVG on a screen is as though width and height are set
to 100%?
I think your problem could be solved in the viewer by allowing a "best
fit" or "fit to page" zoom setting that sets the zoom level such that
the whole viewport is viewable on the screen. This shouldn't be the
default behaviour of an SVG viewer, but it could do this functionality.
In fact in the view menu of Inkscape, option 5 Page, gives this behaviour.
I'm not sure your problem requires a change in the specification.
Perhaps I do not completely understand your requirements.
Thanks,
Craig
Andrew Main wrote:
> PROPOSAL
>
> Include a hint as to the ideal size of paper, as an addition to the
> viewPort specification, in order to assist the production of SVG drawings
>
> Eg <svg width=â€